Hugh Williford Birdsong

1908 - 1973  (65 years)

• Name	Hugh Williford Birdsong
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	28 Apr 1908	Texas
  	according to 1940 census
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	McLennan Co., Texas   [1]
  Registered for the Draft	16 Oct 1940	Leroy, McLellan Co., Texas
  Military Service	He was a private in the U.S Army in WWII.
  Military Service	19 May 1943
  enlisted in the Army
  Died	13 Aug 1973	Houston, Harris Co., Texas
  	in the VA Hospital
  Buried	Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris Co., Texas
  Notes	According to the 1940 census, a note in the margin says that “Mr. Birdsong filled out blanks in California in the first part of May.” Shortly after his wife’s death in March 1967, a note appeared in the Redlands, San Bernardino Co., CA newpaper that the “Birdsong, Hugh W. and Mayme V. Cucamonga Homstead” was for sale, (Cucamonga being the name of an area in Redlands).
  Person ID	I15981	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	James D. Birdsong           b. 16 Nov 1881, Lufkin, Angelina Co., Texas           d. 18 Mar 1967, Bon Weir, Newton Co., Texas  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mamie Tomlinson           b. 9 Aug 1885           d. 19 Apr 1941, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas  (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F11276	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Mayme V. Tomlinson           b. Abt 1909, Ninnekah, Grady Co., Oklahoma           d. Mar 1967, Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	24 Sep 1930	Los Angeles, California
  	something in funny on this record: she is named “Mayme V. Tomlinson”--Tomlinson being Hugh’s *mother’s* name, not her’s, surely. Perhaps V is an abbreviation for her real last name.
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F11278	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Obie Dell Stevenson
  Married	29 Jun 1968	Houston, Harris Co., Texas
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F11277	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 28 Apr 1908 - Texas  Married - 24 Sep 1930 - Los Angeles, California  Census - 1940 - McLennan Co., Texas  Registered for the Draft - 16 Oct 1940 - Leroy, McLellan Co., Texas  Married - 29 Jun 1968 - Houston, Harris Co., Texas  Died - 13 Aug 1973 - Houston, Harris Co., Texas  Buried - - Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris Co., Texas   = Link to Google Earth
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• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "Hugh Williford Birdsong". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I15981&tree=1sttree (accessed July 6, 2020).